The Business Times, 3 August 2001

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    Lock icon CapitaLand's provisions may spell price cuts: analysts
    811 1  -  By. Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Capita Land's $500 million provision is expected to turn the heat up on rival developers to follow suit, even though some analysts see the move as an effort to live up to its promise of a 10-15 per cent
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    Lock icon Focus more on services, says Harvard don
    626 1  -  EDB's MEW BCOMOMT CONFERENCE Strategy expert Michael Porter also urges govt to back off and let the private sector lead By I Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Visiting Harvard professor Michael Porter yesterday said Singapore must leverage on its unique strength in services and
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    Lock icon BG Lee: Govt to take back seat to promote enterprise
    610 1  -  Govt most allow free market to work By Eugene Low {SINGAPORE] Less government intervention, not more, is the way to promote enterprise in Singapore, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. "We must create an environment where an individual's
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    Lock icon Assets of Brunei prince's firm put under the hammer
    424 1  -  From] Neil Behrman in London SOME 10,000 items from the bankrupt construction company of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother of the Sultan of Brunei, will be on the auction block this month. "On show will be more than a thousand tonnes of
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      224 1 mane Top StorlM NZ minister urges that SIA offer be treated 'with caution'. Next Pmgm SGX to begin moving to Unity Towers later Great Eastern's HI profit up 27%. P9 4 Settlement price for Links Island fixed at $1.21. P9S US June factory orders fail 2.4% to U*****.60. Pg 17
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        Lock icon The birth of a Banarasi saree
        184 2 A SURGE in distribution of free condoms for family planning has been puzzling doctors in the Indian city of Varanasi. Weavers in the holy Hindu city, also known for its silk industry, have been using the gov-ernment-issued condoms to help in producing handwoven silk
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        Lock icon Don't fire your buyers, bosses
        126 2 WHEN the economy slips into a recession as it has now, company chiefs inevitably start cutting costs, closing down plants and firing workers. To many, such an approach lacks imagination and foresight. According to Dr Irwin Kellner, who publishes an Economic Report for the Hofstra
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        Lock icon Sorry, but they'll have to go
        56 2 LAST weekend, BT ran an online poll with the statement It is unfair for UOB to cut so many jobs if it takes over OUB. Readers voted in the following way: Yes, it will affect customer operations: 34% No, the duplications have to be
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      Lock icon Clarification
      53 2 The headline to our report yesterday on OCBC getting 70 per cent acceptances for its offer for Keppel Capital Holdings said that the KCH offer is now unconditional. OCBC has pointed out that while the key condition of a minimum acceptance level has been met, other conditions have yet
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      Lock icon NZ minister urges that SIA offer be treated 'with caution'
      462 2  -  He casts doubts over whether Air NZ board supports SIA offer wholeheartedly Reports by\ George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The New Zealand Finance Minister yesterday told the country's Parliament to "treat with caution" a move by Singapore Airlines to raise its stake
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      Lock icon Final offer for Air India not submitted yet: SIA
      164 2 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines said yesterday it has not submitted its final offer for state-run Air India and has not withdrawn from the bidding process. SIA denied Indian news reports that it plans to drop out of the contest to buy the
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      Lock icon SGX to begin moving to Unity Towers later this year: sources
      550 2  -  II exclusive Shifting to be done in completing a fall circle of developments By 1 Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will begin moving to Unity Towers at Shenton Way in stages later this year, according to sources.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Great Eastern's H1 profit up 27%
      538 4  -  But this is largely due to contribution of 0 AG, which became a subsidiary last Dec By Ling Su Ann INSURANCE group Great Eastern Holdings yesterday reported a 27 per cent rise in half-year net profit to $150.2 million, largely due to the contribution
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      Lock icon Dairy Farm sales, profit up in S Asia
      443 4  -  Giant hypermart, new stores and cutback on waste help beost profit in STpere By Kalpana Rashiwala DAIRY Farm International's South Asian operations, including Singapore, boosted sales 17 per cent to US$54O million in the first half. And profit before interest and tax
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      Lock icon UOB to release interims after market closes
      361 4 Reuters SINGAPORE'S second largest bank, United Overseas Bank (UOB), said it will announce results for the six months .to June 30,2001 after the close of trading today. The bank, which has proposed a friendly Sslo billion takeover of the country's fourth largest lender,
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      Lock icon Risky to accept DBS offer to put pressure on UOB: Morgan
      334 4  -  DBS could opt to extend it* offer by np to 60 days, it says By Siow Li Sen OVERSEAS Union Bank shareholders thinking of accepting DBS' offer first to put pressure on United Overseas Bank to raise its rival
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      Lock icon OCBC seen posting flat net profit in H1
      302 4 Reuters SINGAPORE'S third largest lender, OCBC Bank, is expected to post flat net profit growth and higher expenses at the half year mark but may also en)oy growth in some segments of its business, analysts said yesterday. "Net profit is going to
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      Lock icon Watch out, CapitaLand's about to cut home prices
      766 4  -  lock siew lee han shih WHAT difference a year makes. Last year, Capita Land trumpeted how its $16 billion of assets made it a major property player in the region. Now, it can't wait to get rid of some of those assets.
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      Lock icon Settlement price for Links Island fixed at $1.21
      321 5  -  S6X also says counter will remain suspended on til further notice By Ling Su Ann THE Singapore Exchange yesterday announced a fairsettlement price of $1.21 for all outstanding trades in Links Island Holdings shares and said the counter will remain suspended until
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      Lock icon Parent offers to privatise Wong's Circuits
      484 5  -  Offer at US$l.46 share is 5J9% below asset value By\ Serena Ng CASH company Wong's Cir cuits, which has been suspended from trading for almost five months, said yesterday its Hong Kong parent has made a voluntary cash offer for all the shares it
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon North 22 in US$1.9m China deal
        71 5 NORTH 22 Technology Services Group announced that its wholly owned Hong Kong-based subsidiary LDL Technology has won a US$l.9 million contract from China Telecom's provincial Heilongjiang Telecom Bureau to build the second phase of the northern province's ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) backbone network. Under
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        Lock icon Paillart appointed to k1 board
        67 5 KEPPEL Corp's venture arm kl Ventures yesterday announced the appointment of Philippe Paillart to its board from yesterday. Mr Paillart replaces John Olds, who served on the kl board from July 27,2000 to May 3, 2001. Mr Olds resigned as DBS chief executive earlier this
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        Lock icon Want Want interim gain up 43%
        69 5 Reuters TAIWAN-BASED food manufacturer Want Want Holdings Ltd yesterday posted a 43 per cent increase In half-year net profit to $81.81 million. Its revenue grew 30 per cent to $363.58 million while operating profit also rose 30 per cent to $117.32 million for the
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      Lock icon Advanced Info in 15b baht funding plan
      594 5  -  The Sing Tel unit is considering either a bond issue or loans Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications' Thai associate. Advanced Info Service (AIS), said it would raise 15 billion baht ($5BB million) from either a bond sale or loans to fund its expansion
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      Lock icon KLW's well-being in doubt
      118 5 LOSS-MAKING KLW Holdings' status as a going concern has come under question. The company yesterday released its auditors' report, which warned that "the validity of the going concern assumption" depended on the successful conclusion of several deals. One is negotiations with financial institutions to restructure credit
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      107 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only SPP LIM ITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) has recently completed the following restructuring exercise:(1) The capitalisation of existing inter-company loans effected by the allotment and issue of new ordinary shares to Tuan Sing Holdings Limited ("TSH"); (2) The divestment
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      307 6 Asia Dekor HK15c 90,900,000 Rj Yu Mfe 10c 54,677,000 Surface MT HK20c 26,181,000 Frontline 5c 20,545,000 Tianjin Zhong 16.954,000 SingTel 15c 14,412,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 13,606,000 North 22 USlc 12,391,000 UniFood HK25C 11,755,000 TPVUSlc 11,459,000 Stock. Chart Semiconductor 26c 70,517,200 Datacraft 10c 49,572,875 U06 39.480,900 VentureMtg25c 37,400,198 OUB 33,998.350 OBSGrp
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      Lock icon Broad market fights back as property stocks get bashed
      584 6  -  1 1 i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE local bourse yesterday demonstrated admirable prize-fighting qualities by stubbornly refusing to cave in to selling pressure and instead coming back for round after round of punishment. The Straits Times Index may have lost
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      Lock icon W Want wrt: attractive numbers
      175 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy A GLANCE at the top percentage gainers' list yesterday shows a greater proportion of warrants eight out of 20, compared with a much smaller fraction most of last week and early this week. Although this suggests an uptick in bullish
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      Lock icon CapitaLand: next support seen at $2
      225 6  -  HOT STOCK By < Ven Sreenivasan SHARES of Capita Land plunged yesterday after the property group shocked the market on Wednesday with a staggering $268.3 million interim loss. After sinking to $2.18, the counter recovered a little ground to close a net 17 cents
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      Lock icon S$ jumps to 4-mth high as US$ dives across the board
      545 6  -  I=] i comment CURRENCIES Break of 551.7950 support could open op test of 551.78 next larry wee THE fading fortunes of the greenback were re-emphasised yesterday as the euro raised its sights above 88 US cents for a second
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    2850 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Aaeet Mgt Aaie LM Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Chine Opportunities Fd!" 0.935 0.982 Global MNC Fd 0.709 0.746 Global Technology Fd!" 0.577 0.607 UK Blue Chip Fd!" 0.732 0.769 American Opport Fd 0.802 0.843 Cont Euro Eqtv Fdl" 1.007 1.059 Japan EqtyFdl" 1.116 1.172 Anan Fixed income
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      Lock icon Money supply continues to shrink
      289 8  -  By Serena Ng SINGAPORE'S money supply shrank for a second consecutive month in June after peaking in April, preliminary figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore show. The broad aggregates of M 2 and M 3 declined in June from May, while narrow money or
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      Lock icon Treat for golfers at Volkswagen Golf fiesta
      256 8  -  Bazaar to feature latest technology in the sport By' Ven Sreenivasan THOSE heading to the Volkswagen Golf Fiesta this weekend are in for a treat the centrepiece is a Golf Bazaar featuring the latest technology in the sport, equipment, gifts, accessories, golf tour
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      Lock icon SMEs as important as MNCs: EDB
      463 8  -  In pnsh for New Economy, EDB will help all S'pore-based firms, says chairman By Chuang Peck Ming THE Economic Development Board appears to be adopting a more evenhanded approach to corporations, whether large or small, local or foreign. In its new push to grow
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      Lock icon C'wealth Games: Little impact if S'pore hosts
      551 8  -  Existing facilities can be spruced up; efficient transport already in place By' Vince Chong WHILE hundreds of millions may be spent on infrastructure in some cities playing host to the Commonwealth Games, analysts do not see it happening in Singapore should it succeed
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      Lock icon HK Land may tender for URA white site
      294 8 AFX HONG KONG Land Holdings Limited is studying whether to participate in the tender for the Urban Redevelopment Authority's second new downtown mixed-use, or white site at Central Boulevard, Hongkong Land chief executive officer Nicholas Sallnow-Smith said. "I believe the tender date
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      Lock icon Disclose prospects for diamond business, Chemical Industries
      378 8  -  Bhaskar M Singapore CHEMICAL Industries (Cheml) has planned a rights issue but shareholders ought to know the current year prospects of its diamond business before they sink in more money. In May, Cheml announced that the founding family and Great Eastern Life had
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      Lock icon Give small businesses a break, NTUC
      317 8  -  MAIL bag Vincent Tan Chee Kian Singapore I AM very pleased we have the National Trades Union Congress to help the people of Singapore in times of need. It is good that Singapore has NTUC to play the role of a moderator and stabiliser
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      Lock icon End, 2002 target for NEL, Sengkang LRT
      91 8  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) Acting Senior Manager, Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority WE refer to the letter "Please speed up MRT, LRT construction in Sengkang" by Lee Pei Sze (BT, July 25). Construction of the North East Line and Sengkang LRT system is
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      Lock icon Chevron-Texaco merger question
      203 8  -  Ong Eng Tong Singapore I refer to your article "Keeping up with the New Economy" by Loh Hui Yin (BT, Jul 30). I read with interest your article on the interview with the CEO of Caltex. However, your journalist, although she mentioned about the merger between Chevron
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      67 8 We welcome letters. E-mail us at bttetter@sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in
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      Lock icon Corporates crash; CEO egos next
      715 10  -  £7TTI bottom line OPINION david pauly The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. His opinions are his own. Bloomberg STOCK prices that plunged 80 and 90 per cent in a matter of months last year didn't tell the whole story of America's corporate crash.
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      123 10 'Argentina has to be seen taking the pain.' -RkkhiFUl a London fund manager, on why the IMF is sticking to plans to provide only a US$l.2 billion payment to the debt-strapped country. 'Unless you want to call Bretton Woods a foreign-exchange policy, the US has never had
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      Lock icon Stable US dollar is what's needed
      667 10 EDITORIAL WITH the US dollar having weakened steadily against the euro over the last three months, there are rumblings among currency watchers that this may mark the beginning of a turn in the markets, and that the long reign of the greenback may be
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      Lock icon Roots of democracy sink deeper into Indon soil
      958 10  -  Smooth transition of power angnrs well for political stability and economic progress By« James Castle The writer is founder of the Castle Asia consultancy and president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia [JAKARTA] No matter what the future holds for
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      Lock icon Confusing message from inventories
      735 10  -  COMMENTARY New twist with more US producers saying they're running low not high-on stocks Byl Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. Bloomberg ANOTHER month, another disappointing report on US manufacturing. When will the fever break? There
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        Lock icon Indon Cabinet to be unveiled next week?
        66 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's eagerly-awaited Cabinet might not be unveiled until late next week, highlighting the frantic horsetrading under way for key posts and leaving financial markets in the lurch. The powerftil head of the top legislature, Amien Rais, said the Cabinet would probably
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        Lock icon Thaksin dismisses bribery speculation
        65 11 AP [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra dismissed speculation yesterday that large sums of money had been paid in kickbacks to judges who will soon rule on his corruption case. On Wednesday, Kramol Thongthammachart, one of the Constitutional Court's 15 judges, called groundless allegations that some
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        Lock icon Intel to make Pentium 4 chips in M'sia
        79 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] US giant Intel Corp has announced it will produce the Pentium 4 chip, the company's highest-performance microprocessor for desktop computers, in Malaysia. Intel will also open its new network design centre in Malaysia, its first ever in Asia, to
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        Lock icon Estrada to appear at perjury trial
        77 11 AFP [MANILA] Deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada was ordered to appear for trial on perjury charges in late October, but the prosecution suffered a setback yesterday in early courtroom skirmishing. Presiding judge Francis Garchitorena, accused of bias in favour of Estrada, rejected a government
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        Lock icon Consortium withdraws Nanuang offer
        73 11 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A consortium of investors has withdrawn an offer to buy a stake in Nanyang Press Holdings Bhd, a newspaper group recently taken over by an ethnic Chinese party allied to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The company, in a statement late Wednesday to the
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        Lock icon MRCB denies it's a takeover target
        55 11 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) said in a statement it is not the target of a takeover and restructuring exercise by the government. "MRCB wishes to deny such (an) attempt," it said in a statement responding to a query from the
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        Lock icon MAS selling four 747s to cut capacity
        63 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System (MAS) is selling four of its Boeing 747-400 aircraft to help trim overcapacity following a cutback in long-haul flights and slow cargo demand, analysts and company sources said yesterday. Hie planes, along with three others from another
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      Lock icon Naluri to use proceeds from MAS sale for TRI revamp
      432 11  -  RM840.9m injection plan will depend on Nalnri's minorities From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur NALURI Bhd has proposed to use part of the cash from the sale of its stake in Malaysian Airline System (MAS) to rescue another company controlled
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      Lock icon Mahathir says GDP may improve slightly in Q3
      188 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday gross domestic product (GDP) figures for the third quarter might show a slight improvement after the sharp slowdown in growth in the first half of the year. "I think the third quarter
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      Lock icon Time Engg may default on bonds
      483 11  -  Firm declines comment, to issue statement today From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur CONSTRUCTION and telecom group Time Engineering looks likely to default on its second-tranche payment for its five-year zero coupon bond due on Aug 5, more than two weeks after it
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      Lock icon Rise of North-east Asia
      792 12  -  It's zooming ahead of Asean in growth rates, GDP size, stockmarket capitalisation and reserves By', Yang Razali Kassim FIRST, it was foreign capital. Now, South-east Asia (SEA) is losing out to North-east Asia (NEA) on several other fronts growth rates, GDP size, even market capitalisation and
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      Lock icon US may have helped Megawati, says Gus Dur
      226 12 WASHINGTON AFP INDONESIA'S ousted ex-president Abdurrahman Wahid said in an interview published yesterday that he believes the United States aided his rival. President Megawati Sukarnoputri, in her rise to power. Mr Abdurrahman, widely known as Gus Dur, who has been receiving medical
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      Lock icon Manila exports plunge, led by electronics
      396 12 MANILA June's 24.7% export fall is biggest in at least 20 years Bloomberg PHILIPPINE exports had their biggest decline in at least 20 years in June as electronics shipments fell, a sign the economy probably extended its slide last quarter after shrinking in the
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        Lock icon HSBC cuts HK GDP forecast to 1.8%
        68 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Banking giant HSBC Holdings yesterday said it had slashed its 2001 growth forecast for Hong Kong to 1.8 per cent from 2.2 per cent The bank said it also had lowered its inflation forecast to -1.3 per cent from minus
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        Lock icon CyberWorks scraps Next Media talks
        75 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd, which has been scaling back online plans as a plunging share price chokes its ability to raise funds, scrapped partnership talks with Next Media Ltd, signalling a possible delay in expansion of its Web entertainment service. CyberWorks had
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        Lock icon China's TV sector warned of price wars
        55 14 Reuters [BEIJING] China's TV industry could collapse if price wars continue, Vice-Minister of the Information Industry Qu Weizhi was quoted as saying yesterday. "Price wars are fierce this year," China Securities quoted him as saying. "The whole industry could collapse if the situation
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        Lock icon India to bridge UTI redemption deficit
        58 14 Bloomberg, Reuters [BOMBAY] India's government will make up any deficit Unit Trust of India faces in buying back units in its flagship plan after easing a six-month freeze. "The difference between the net asset value and the unit purchase price will be bridged by
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        Lock icon Star acquires major stake in indya.com
        76 14 AFP [BANGALORE] Rupert Murdoch's Star Group yesterday said it had acquired a majority stake in India's Internet portal indya.com. "Star has acquired all the shareholding of founder Pradeep Kar, Microland and other investors making it a significant majority shareholder of indya.com," said Gary Walrath,
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        Lock icon Taiwan's ASE Test posts Q2 loss
        73 14 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] ASE Test Ltd, Taiwan's biggest chip tester, said it posted a US$l7.B million loss in the second quarter, adding that it didn't hold out hope for an improvement in the current quarter. "At the moment we expect our third quarter revenues to
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        Lock icon China curbing Net freedoms rights group
        73 14 AFP [BEIJING] China has brought in 60 sets of rules to control Internet content under which 14 cybernauts have been jailed for expressing their personal views, New York-based Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The report named 14 Chinese Internet users who have been arrested
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      Lock icon Earnings in India seen falling in Q3
      603 14 BOMBAY Pleasant surprises in Q2, but weak economic figures point to tough times for companies Reuters PROFITS posted by Indian companies for the second quarter were often better than expected, but that is not likely to continue. Earnings are expected to deteriorate virtually
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      Lock icon Nina Wang accused of illicit share transfer
      191 14 HONGKONG AFP ASIA'S richest woman has been slapped with a writ alleging she improperly alloted herself shares in her missing husband's company, a report said yesterday. Nina Wang, the flamboyant head of Hong Kong's leading private property developer Chinachem Group, was reported to
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      Lock icon Oil most profitable sector in China
      315 14 BEIJING Bloomberg TOTAL first-half profit at China's oil companies, such as PetroChina Co and CNOOC Ltd, rose 23 per cent to 35.5 billion renminbi (517.6 billion) making it the country's most profitable industry, the State Economic Trade Commission said. First-half net income of China's
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      293 14  -  OT Indeg/MSCX STpore Index CK Lau Refco Singapore PROFIT-taking in financial and property shares sent the Singapore stocks market to a lower close yesterday. However, gains in technology shares helped to limit the declines. The benchmark Straits Times Index fell 14.75 points, or 0.88 per cent
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      241 14  -  MSCX Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks rose yesterday as Nasdaq's overnight rally suggested the worst may be over for technology stocks. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index gained 6.24 points, or 3.04 per cent, to end at 211.74. The turnover for the index
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      236 14 Reuters TjwAK) THE euro fell a quarter per cent against the US dollar and the yen yesterday after the European Central Bank held interest rates steady, but it still remained within sight of 2-1/2 month highs set earlier. Although the decision was widely expected, dealers said there had
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      456 15  -  July saw shutdowns falling 30% to lowest level since last September From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE number of Internet companies shut down in July fell 30 per cent from June to 32, the lowest level seen since
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      358 15 HAMILTON, Bermuda Firm will slash 2,ooojobs, close offices to trim expenses Bloomberg GLOBAL Crossing Ltd, owner of a worldwide phone and data-transmission network, had a wider second-quarter loss on higher expenses and said it will cut 2,000 jobs, or 15 per cent of
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      253 15 Reuters [PALO ALTO] Cubicle and office-based Web surfers, cybershoppers and online pan fans are costing corporate America about US$63 billion each year, a California software company said on Wednesday. The Internet once hailed as a tool to make workers more efficient has
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      36 16 n i publication which portrays |9Ejffifl|H Singapore's growth and rr^ mmm the nwroman 120 photographs jHHHHi in the book speaks volumes CuntonU S2SSSS iSSIT* An Ideal '.fS^iZ^ rnrnnrutp •a Gift •nmvm+.b.Smp~ VrA i •l.<|l...^f W Mi
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      30 16 prTotTI Lianhe Zaobao I I Interview with I I Dr Tu-Ting Cheng I I one of the I I developers of I I I I I Ki I xmnmxz-I i
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      407 16 WASHINGTON Findings indicate more investor education is needed Reuters NEARLY 85 per cent of US investors surveyed failed to correctly answer five basic questions designed to measure awareness of what to do in turbulent stock markets or when confronted with other financial problems,
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      416 16 LONDON IASB to role that firms book staff share options as costs FT COMPANIES that reward workers with shares and share options could see their profits cut under a crackdown planned for announcement by accounting standard setters yesterday. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB),
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      415 16 TOKYO AFP THE mountain of problem loans held by Japanese banks has grown despite intensified efforts to write off bad debt, Japan's financial regulator said yesterday. Fifteen of the country's lenders submitted revised business plans to the Financial Services Agency (FSA), outlining their
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      478 16 TOKYO Reuters JAPANESE Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka may be dismissed for clashing with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi over the replacement of top diplomats and her opposition to Mr Koizumi's planned visit to a war shrine, reports said yesterday. Ms Tanaka has defied Mr
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        92 17 Bloomberg rWASHINGTON] A US appeals court yesterday rejected Microsoft Carp's request for reconsideration of its anti-trust case, leaving intact a finding that the company illegally blended the codes for its Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser. Microsoft had sought to overturn one aspect erf
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        64 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Motor Co said yesterday that first- half profit almost doubled to a record as Korea's largest automaker sold more expensive cars at home and overseas. Net income for the maker of Sonata sedans totalled 610.5 billion won (SSB4B million) during the period,
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        121 17 AP [SYDNEY] A strike by workers at a small Sydney-based car component maker threatened yesterday to slam the brakes on most of Australia's automobile industry. Ford's ttfo car plants in Victoria state said they would shut down today because of the strike at Trjstar, a
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        70 17 Reuters [TORONTO] Royal Bank ofCanada said on Wednesday that it had agreed to buy Tucker Anthony Sutro, one of the last independent US brokerage firms, for US$625 million (S$Ll3 billion), a move that extends the reach of Canada's biggest bank across the
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        73 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe's largest oil company, said second-quarter profit rose 12 per cent because of wider margins from making fUels and growth in natural gas demand. Net income, excluding one-time items and the effect of changes in the value of
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        78 17 Reuters [LONDON] Barclays pic, Britain's fourth biggest bank, unveiled a robust set of half-year results yesterday, with a 16 per cent rise in profit coming at the top end of the range of expectations. Helped by a strong performance by debt financing arm
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        88 17 Reuters [PARIS] France's second largest listed bank, Societe Generate, posted a 15 per cent decline in second-quarter net profit yesterday, hit by a sharp drop in investment banking income like many of its European and US peers. The bank reported net attributable profit of
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      415 17 SAN JOSE, California Industry group says sales may pick np in Q4; Intel sees rebound in Q3, Q4 Bloomberg WORLDWIDE semiconductor sales fell 31 per cent in June because of slowing world economies and an increase in inventory, an industry group
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      339 17 ■BUENOS AIRES That hope gives a lift to the country's floating rate bond Bloomberg Reuters ARGENTINA said it may get increased aid from the International Monetary Fund and foreign governments to help the cash-strapped country avoid a default on its US$l3O billion debt.
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      272 17 LONDON Reuters, Bloomberg THE Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee yesterday unexpectedly cut Britain's interest rates by a quarter point to 5 per cent, their lowest level since mid-1999 and joint lowest since November 1977. However, the European Central Bank kept
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      314 17 WASHINGTON Bloomberg NEW orders placed at US manufacturers fell more than expected in June, pulled down by slower demand for computers and transportation equipment as well as nondurable goods such as coal. The 2.4 per cent decline in bookings to U*****.6 billion
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      631 18  -  It also retakes companies for being timid abont entering riskier markets From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A REPORT published yesterday voicing alarm over Japan's declining industrial competitiveness is expected to add fuel to a growing debate about the "hollowing out" of the nation's manufacturing
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      638 18  -  Chris Patten-led external relations committee sets oat 6 key objectives From Shada Islam in Brussels EUROPE'S top policymakers are set to send a strong foreign policy message to the 15 European Union governments: Work harder to reinforce links between an increasingly confident Europe
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      456 18 Reuters [SEOUL] General Motors Corp has offered around 760 billion won (551.05 billion) to acquire South Korea's bankrupt Daewoo Motor Co, excluding its main plant, the Korea Economic Daily newspaper said yesterday. Quoting an unnamed source involved in the sale
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      365 19 BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania Plaintiffs allege they were given skewed advice AFP AFX MORGAN Stanley and its deposed "queen of the Internet" are the targets of two federal class-action lawsuits alleging that investors received bad advice, the plaintiffs' lawyers said yesterday. The lawsuit
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  • PARTNER SINGAPORE
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      506 21 COMPANIES with their sights on the global marketplace can now broaden their international network thanks to the Productivity and Standards Board's new partnersingapore programme. Tailored specially for small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), the programme was launched by George Yeo, Minister for Trade and Industry, last Friday (Jul
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      904 22 As traditional business barriers come down and previously closed domestic markets open up, globalisation becomes a key pillar of business strategy. To plug into this environment, Singapore is being developed into a leading SME hub. DEVELOPMENTS in recent years have resulted in a
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      1075 24 It leads in a survey of 50 countries that ranked cross-border flows of goods and services, capital, people ana communication SINGAPORE ranks as the world's most global country, leading a group of nations that have become integrated with their neighbours through cross-border flows of goods
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      819 25 The challenge today is to create an awareness in global markets about Singapore businesses and the advantages of partnering S'pore ECOSYSTEM a term used ill science to describe a community of organisms and their environment has taken on an economic dimension in the 21st
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      408 26 TDB negotiates agreements to gain greater access to foreign markets THE process of globalisation is inevitable. Today, about 20 per cent of world output is produced and consumed in global markets. It is expected that within 30 years, this will grow to more than
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      192 26 THE Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore on a rioter ic Partnership (ANZSCEP), is an excellent example of how both countries have benefited from their free trade agreement (FTA). The two countries concluded a comprehensive agreement covering goods, services, investments and government procurement that became effective
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      1336 27  -  Once we understand what to look for in forging an alliance it can be a powerful means of growing a network of businesses, says ift rwirn CECILIA CHUA The writer is director of Business Launch Centre atAccenture FORGING alliances has long been recognised as an
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      406 28  -  Business Connect helps company find overseas partners, reports grace ng GRACE NG IT2I, a multimedia content developer for educational software, has participated in more than eight trade missions since it joined PSB's Business Connect in early 1999. With over half of its revenue streams
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      366 28  -  Synergies pave way for profitable ties, says grace ng GRACE NG ELECTRONICS manufacturer Central Midori, which has been participating in Business Connect for the past three years, is currently linked up with three companies in the United States and one in Germany. One of these is
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      434 29  -  The contract custom design firm tells kenneth kwek that it got timely help from PSB to showcase its products KENNETH KWEK MODEL 2 Mold Pte Ltd, or M2M, is a contract custom design firm which offers services in the development and manufacture of casings
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      392 29  -  Sakae Sushi s MD credits the growth of his chain to Business Connect programme, reports kemmeth kwek KENNETH KWEK APEX Pal International Pte Ltd was formed in 1996 as a trading firm, setting up factories in India that manufactured garments for distribution to Japan. In September 1997,
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      983 30 Credit rating helps clients assess companies and the firms to raise resources more easily SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are more prone to be affected by macroeconomic changes occurring in an economy than those operating on a larger scale. It is, therefore, critical to assess
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      30 25 Wouldn't it be nice if banks offered SMEs something more valuable than just money? n i %|Bfe jK 581j Jr Jfcyi V;»iii>iiA" <' JB| jflk f&jt ""iifiw n< i a pp
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      283 28 EXPOTOUR PRIVATE LIMITED Congratulates PSB SINGAPORE on the launch of the partner Singapore Programme Expotour is a member of the Citystate group of companies and has a total of three branches. Expotour's parent company, Citystate Travel Holdings also owns Citystate Ardent Travel Pte Ltd in Singapore and AF Travel in
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      67 30 We're the first to listen Star Hub is proud to be the official info communications provider during the launch fel of partner Singapore. The partner Singapore programme by the Productivity and Standards Board of Singapore (PSB) will create a global, thriving hub for SMEs to do business. We Jk\ Star
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      1542 31  -  COVER STORY Contrary to what some may think, scions don't have it easy. CHEAH UI-HOON finds out what prompted four professionals to join their family businesses and the pressures they face. CHEAH UI-HOON IT probably didn't come as any surprise wheti UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw named
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        781 32  -  [•'aa the cuff Some may benefit from their common-sensical advice, bat the people likely to make the most from them are the authors themselves jaime ee I DON't know what to make of self-help books. They're always talking about stuff like empowerment. You know, you
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        379 32 ratal ipiiiUuii Royal Seiaagor (S) Pie Lid REACHING out to a younger market is Andrew Yang's vision for Royal Selangor, a household name when it comes to corporate gifts and gifts for overseas friends, especially those photo frames. After gaining a business diploma
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        367 32 Rachel Teo hni |ln fei |hm ill— ALTHOUGH Melbournetrained Ms Teo would have liked to continue as an auditor for a few more years, she joined her father in the property development industry soon after her grandfather passed away. "My grandfather constantly talked to
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        295 32 Tay Ttag Joo Director, SUTL Group off Coaprin THERE wasn't any pressure from his 71-year old father to join the business. "Since most of my siblings worked for the company already, my father didn't want to have all his eggs in one
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        427 32 LMWT»WM Director CHyitate M—pwt Greap Holdings HE graduated from London School of Economics and before he started working at investment banking firms, Mr Leow decided to brush up his Mandarin in Beijing for six months. "I was the average student who didn't feel
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        962 33  -  COBIMMEBEBK takes a look at how the Copthorne Harbour View will be transformed into the modern, boutique-style M Hotel CORINNE KERK JUST when you finally accept that drabby old hotels with kitschy, v Oriental-themed lobbies are a permanent part of Singapore's landscape, the establishments spring a surprise on
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        774 33  -  Samsonite by St&rck offers stylish travel bap for the design-conscious By Corinne Kerk "lD like luggage to carry itself," so says designer extraordinaire Philippe Starck. Oh, if only. But while we wait for that to happen, the 51-year-old Frenchman has gone and partnered leading luggage-maker
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        804 34  -  The megabucks writer tells tan bwee hwee what makes a good best-seller TAN HWEE HWEE iAVE you ever lost )6 million? "I went away on holiday to India and came back in October 1987 to find the markets were down and that we
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        526 34  -  The Predator By Michael Ridpath Published by Michael Joseph 339 pages, 52&50 Reviewed by Tan Hwee Hwee EVER since he burst on the scene with the best-selling Free To Trade, Michael Ridpath's made a killing writing about murderous traders. Granted, hardly anyone gets
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        710 35  -  to Lac Besson's 'Kiss of the Dragon'. Jet Li succeeds somewhat to resuscitate the film By Susan Tsang MM ISS of the Dragon or curse of Bridget Fonda? Perhaps a little of both. Kiss of the Dragon refers to a nifty move that China supercop
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        764 37  -  It was a night of underwear flinging at Coldplay and Travis' concert, reports tamhweehwee TAN HWEE HWEE AFTER watching Coldplay in concert last Sunday, one marvels how four nondescript men can inspire so much underwear flinging. Judging from the screaming hordes that leapt off their hundred
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        849 37  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By] N K Yong MONDAY, Jmm 11 OUR next stop was Priorato in Tarragona, about 100 km west of Barcelona. Our base was the Hotel Terme in the little town of Montbrio at the foot of Priorato, a comfortable three-hour drive from Rosas
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        948 38  -  stlvia tam tastes some of the best cuisine in the US in the Napa Valley SYLVIA TAN THE French Laundry, not the wine, was the initial draw. Touted as the best restaurant in the US, it has been known to draw the most hard-core wine lovers out of
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        504 38 IT was a meal that would take four hours, you cannot choose what you eat and yet you have to pay a price that guidebooks would signal as And this is for a restaurant that is sited not in a major American city, but in Napa
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      177 39 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDDfell 12 points to 1,037, the Baltic Panama* Index (BPI) lost 28 points to 1,020, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) dropped 16 points to 8,173 Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down five ♦Petka (built 1994) 75,100 dwt 14 on 31 delivery Tanjung Bara
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      471 39 Competition from regional ports does not have big impact on groups chairman [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation will position itself to tap China's expected increase in import and export volumes as its economy continued to boom. "In China, a lot of cargo is still
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      472 39  -  Group planning capacity expansion to cater to long-term needs Jacobs Byi George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Amidst the economic slowdown, but with an eye to recovery, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) welcomed the 5,500-TEU container ship the APL Holland on its maiden voyage to Singapore. The container
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      574 39  -  Haqjin handled record 1.04 m TEUs in first half, np 5% for the same period last year By P T Bangsberg HAVING set a Korean record by moving over 1 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in the first half of the year,
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      62 39 [SINGAPORE] Insiders are reported to be questioning the validity of an unexpectedly high bid for Montevideo Port's container terminals in Uruguay. A Belgian-led Nelsury consortium made a successful US$l7.l million offer, which is understood to be four times the market's expected price, prompting unsuccessful rival bidders
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        735 40  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK **y Selva Kumar A New Zealand court has ruled that a buyer of a cargo of cement, which voyage chartered a vessel to ship the cargo, could not claim against the vessel owner for cargo damage
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        84 40 AP [KEY WEST, Florida] US Coast Guard cutters are docked at the US Coast Guard Group in Key West, Florida. A smuggling boat on a night run from Cuba capsized in rough seas off Key Weston Wednesday, dumping more than two dozen people into
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        751 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. ahowt price ranges in US dollars instead of single prtoaa fori more comprehensive deacriptioa of the market Prices shown ara baaed on averagesteed stem Market movements are taidicated. The Cockatt Bunker Prtoe Index change and the Individual rhangns
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        706 50 MAS, Korean Air, Air China selling total ef 7 jumbos in second-hand market Reuters [LONDON] Three unprofitable Asian carriers are selling costly Boeing 747-400s at a time when global overcapacity and changing airline strategies have left second-hand aircraft values very weak. Despite
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        573 50 Airline posts CsloBm loss; sees rebonnd only in H2 next year Reuters [MONTREAL] Air Canada said on Wednesday it will slash 4,000 more jobs, or another 10 per cent of its work force, and scale back its fleet after a
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          107 50 AFX [HONG KONG] China Eastern Airlines said it is not in a position to estimate whether it will record an unaudited profit or loss in the six months to June if the results are prepared based on international accounting standards. The comments followed recent
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          65 50 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Cathay Pacific Airways has resumed flights between New York and Hong Kong that were suspended cm July 8 because of a dispute with its pilots' union. Cathay Pacific will begin paying overtime on a monthly basis for 1,561 pilots while 47 pilots will
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          106 50 AFX [HONG KONG] The Lukou Airport in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, will open a Nanjing-Seoul air route, the first regular international air route for the airport, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Under a contract the Chinese part of the route will
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        187 50 AP [COLOMBO] The Sri Lankan government has agreed to station military troops at the island nation's only international airport in Colombo as a security precaution against any future attacks. •The perimeter of the international airport has been strengthened. And additional manpower is presently
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        184 50 AFP [MOSCOW] New international safety regulations will prevent most Russian planes from flying abroad from next year, a Russian airline official warned. Only a handful of Russian aircraft will be able to meet the tighter requirements for poise, engine
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        508 50 HK carrier also starts new pay, benefits plan en all of its more than I,4oopilots Reuters [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways imposed a controversial new rostering system on its pilots on Wednesday, but pilots refrained from escalating a labour dispute now in its
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      377 47 •iDIAH SUB-CONTINENTS Mumbai, Nhava Sheva, New Delhi, EUROPE: All base ports and inland locations Calcutta, Kandla, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jodhpur, NORTH A SOUTH AMERICA: USEC, USWC, inland locations in USA and all other AAAA Nagpur, Chennai, Cochin, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore major countries in South America MIDDLE EASTS Dubai, Jebel Ali,
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      597 48 TIGER METRO 910S 06-*****F0R DISCHARGING ONLY) I TIGER BRIDGE 906N 07-0&06 13-1608 21-2Z06 I TIGER RHYTHM 911N 09-10/06 16-1&08 24-2506 I MILDBURG 14N/01 14-1506 20-23/06 28-29/08 I TIGER SPEED 913N 17-1608 23-2606 31-01/09 I TIGER BRIDGE 912N 21-22/08 27-3006 04-0609 Ivesse^^^VO^^SE^^ca^^SU^l XPRESS SPORE 321 06-07/06 13-1606 23-24/08 I XPRESS PADMA
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      713 48 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Pwjuni Rood, 3rd Uvol, Froiaht links Express Logistkantra, Singapore *****3 T*fe *****11 Pax: *****77 E-mail: flasinOsingnot.cofTi.sg Introducing VALPARAISO SOUTH AMERICA SANTOS MANZANILLO fortnightly scrvice BUENO AIRES Booking 267# 5565/4694/5533/5539/5541/5553/5569/5579/5562/5563 CONTACT: EDWARD 9672 9979, VINCENT SEE 9670 5760, RAYMOND 9740 3496, ISAAC NO 9600 5404
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      824 48 rb IPDZ LINES I CILi »-w OBIOBBSWW: 10:42-221<4904 NUL 41-H7-0140 I GMUAT 2109 04 /00 SMNUNE 1 *2113 03/00 GWAN 2121 03/5 GISENG ***** 01/01 GtSMG ***** 01/01 GUOO 211 OS' 00/00 GUOO ***** M/M GMUAT 2100 11/00 SHMUNII 2114 10/00 GUAM j2m 11/ M 21IJ I 13/00 GttEMG *****
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      62 48 CONFER (S.E.A.) SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****68 FAX: *****45 DIRECT CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO CHITTAQONO VESSEL SW CTG EMERALD o>-10 AUG IM7AUO DtftSCT FCULCUCONVIMTIOIIAL UWVICKt TOh mdtoi 9uD-Cat*nant Bontwy Kmdi Cotornbo CM^ang Tukoortn. Coctwi Far Em MoChiMWi Haehong Hongkong MM Buaan FCUVCL t>nHaa» Tti AuMraia 9ydnay. Matoouma Eurapa Fafcalwa Bnnaitiaan. Hamfiuy
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